Portulacaria – Salad Days

Bonsai Gallery & Styling by Graham Potter

 

  • Portulacaria bonsai trees as cuttings

    The story of this African native is far from auspicious. Back when we were selling a lot of tropical trees I found I could do amazing things with this succulent variety some refer to as ’salad bonsai’. These cuttings are where it all started.

  • portulacaria in large ercole pots

    Cultivated in large Ercole Pots in a very warm poly-tunnel portulacaria grow at an alarming rate. From a cutting this took me about 4 growing seasons.

  • Portulacaria bonsai

    Make a plan at the outset and stick to it, these things don’t happen by accident.

  • Portulacaria bonsai tree in pot styled by Graham Potter

    My big head makes this look small, it’s not. About 7-8 years in total. For a bonsai of this quality, from nothing and in the UK I recon that’s pretty impressive. Our last picture before I sold the tree.

  • Portulacaria, my salad bonsai

    I’m quite proud of my ’salad’ bonsai.

If you would like to know more, see my blog post https://www.grahampotterbonsai.com/2022/05/easy-bonsai-portulacaria-bonsai/

Ercole Pots at Kaizen Bonsai

Ercole pots are available from Kaizen Bonsai